- Actors: Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill, Michael Harris
- Directors: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
- Writers: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
- Producers: David Siegel, Alison Brantley, Buddy Enright, Eileen Jones
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
- VHS Release Date: Sep 5 2000
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0792846672
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This black-and-white neo-noir is written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, who also teamed up for 1999's Lush. Vincent Towers and Clay Arlington are half-brothers who meet for the first time at their father's funeral. The two share such an uncanny resemblance that when Vincent decides to fake his own death, he tries to substitute Clay as his body. Clay, amnesiac and not quite dead, finds himself the inheritor of both Vincent's money and his rather pressing problems. A fine plot for a suspense movie as it is, but McGehee and Siegel throw in the added twist of having Vincent played by a white actor and Clay by an African American. Oddly enough, the choice works, and raises the piece from a thriller to a meditation on the nature of identity. Suture includes several other interesting stylistic riffs as well: Clay's plastic surgeon is named Renee Descartes, and his psychiatrist works in an office decorated with huge Rorschach blowups. It's a pity Suture was so little seen in its original release--it offers both a compelling suspense plot and tasty mental candy to chew on. --Ali Davis
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliantly put together with masterly maintenance of tone,
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This review is from: Suture (Widescreen) (DVD)
An anecdote doing the traps recently had an Australian tourist order a "short black" in a diner in the States. An electric hush fell over the clientele. The tourist meant a cup of coffee made with hot water not milk and without cream, milk or additives. Clearly, being black in America remains a significant negative element in that country's psyche or at least so it seems to outsiders. A number of American films continue to address that issue in any case. SUTURE is one of the better ones and has the quality of dream in that the viewer has their nerves tested throughout not knowing what is to come next. With a consistently high level of suspense, excellent use of sound, and stunning in black and white, with an intriguing take on identity, race and memory, this is one to own.
5.0 out of 5 stars
thrilling, intelligent, symbollic and I just can't forget it,
By olga (Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Suture (Widescreen) (DVD)
I've seen this movie eight years ago and still think about it. This movie +simply is very, very intelligent and true. And in the same time it is very simple. It's about the racial madness of the american society. I can't think of better words to discribe the essence of this picture than those of James Baldwin, the negro american poet.'You don't see me, I'm your black cat. You don't love me, I see that.' and also: 'Okay. I'm your ... baby, 'till I get bigger!' We, the viewer, see what happens every day in the american society (and of course in any other racist society): the black man is not seen, he simply is not there. And his white brother trys to kill him. The story: The black man comes to get to know his white brother, but he, grimly with hate, seeks to kill him. In the end, grinning and happy, the black man will tell the viewer why he accepts to play on the game and take the place of his dead white brother. And again, he could be saying the words of James Baldwin: 'And then, false lover, you will know, what love has managed here below.' For me one of the best pictures I've ever seen. Inriching (if this word exists in english- sorry, I'm german.)
5.0 out of 5 stars
body-horror marvel,
This review is from: Suture (Widescreen) (DVD)
this is a very intriging film. it takes suspension of disbelief to a whole new level because it's two main characters - brothers deemed almost identical by those around them - are played by a skinny white man and a well built black man.this wierdness works very well in a film centered on identity issues. white brother is rich and black brother is poor. they meet after their fathers funeral. white brother appears nervous - he appears to assume that black brother wants money. but black brother wants nothing of the sort - he just wants to meet his blood kin then go home. white brother has many problems, and takes the opportunity to try and kill black brother and set it up as his own suicide - ie. to vanish. unfortunately, black brother survives the car bomb and is mistaken by everyone around as white brother - they look alike afterall (to everyone but the viewer) and he is covered in bandages. as the film progresses, black brother stats to absorb the life and personality of white brother. an interesting essay on identity which is filled with strong body-horror concepts, such as the effect our body has on our mind and the effect our surroundings can have on us. well worth the effort, especially for those who like intellectual horror but dont have the stomach for the likes of audition
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